Places of Interest Walks and Gardens EPPING FOREST Probably less than an hour round the M25 on the south west tip of Essex is Epping Forest, nearly 6,000 acres of […]
Places of Interest Walks and Gardens HADDENHAM SCARECROW FESTIVAL Tip-toe across into Bucks to see the stunning ‘scarecrows’ in Haddenham, a delightful historic village. It is one of only three ‘wychert […]
Musings Places to Stay Pubs and Restaurants Uncategorised A SAFE WAY TO GET AWAY?… CARAVAN/MOTORHOME PARKS IN OXFORDSHIRE With an obvious uneasiness about travel and hotels here in the UK, caravans and motor homes could be the safest way forward. […]
Walks and Gardens LANGLEY PARK – IVER, BUCKS As with so many gardens in the Home Counties, Langley Park in Iver, in nearby Buckinghamshire, is influenced by Capability Brown. In […]
Walks and Gardens THE LYDE GARDENS – BLEDLOW, Nr PRINCES RISBOROUGH Intriguing private garden that is open daily at the owners discretion (?) in Bledlow, near Princes Risborough, in nearby Buckinghamshire. The Lyde […]
Walks and Gardens COTTESBROOKE HALL & GARDENS – NORTHAMPTON Over in Northamptonshire is Cottesbrooke Hall a wonderful Queen Anne house dating back to 1702, set in award winning gardens. Opening is […]
Walks and Gardens COTON MANOR GARDEN – NORTHAMPTON Cross the border into Northamptonshire and you will find Coton Manor, an attractive 17th century manor house together with its beautiful gardens. […]
Walks and Gardens CASTLE ASHBY GARDENS – NORTHAMPTON In the adjacent ‘cobbler’ county is Castle Ashby dating back to around 1600, a magnificent house with equally outstanding gardens. The house […]
Places of Interest Walks and Gardens HATTON LOCKS – Nr WARWICK Half an hour north of the county is a flight of 21 locks in just a two mile span of the Grand […]
Walks and Gardens CHARLECOTE PARK – NEAR SHAKESPEARE’S STRATFORD North of Oxfordshire Charlecote Park, on the banks of the Avon, remains a family home after 900 years. Parts of the house […]
